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by sparklymarkly
Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:57 am
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Daily touring mileage
Replies: 21
Views: 15381

Re: Daily touring mileage

Speaking from personal experience I would say 300 miles a day is too much on a Lambretta. Have done many Euro trips on my 1000cc Honda and 300 miles a day on that was hard going (and that had a comfy seat!). You won’t see very much and would spend all day every day just riding from place to place. I...
by sparklymarkly
Thu Dec 21, 2017 9:34 pm
Forum: Standard Scoots & Restorations
Topic: Lambretta stainless stand
Replies: 7
Views: 6151

Re: Lambretta stainless stand

Just Lambretta (Corrado on here) does a good one.
by sparklymarkly
Sat May 06, 2017 6:14 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Where is it from?
Replies: 10
Views: 4160

Re: Where is it from?

I think they just pick anything at random that suits the year.
My Li that I registered in December came back with a Norwich number - LCL
by sparklymarkly
Sat May 06, 2017 9:30 am
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Engine Case Cleaning
Replies: 15
Views: 5810

Re: Engine Case Cleaning

I'll second the spray on oven cleaner.
Used it to clean up the casing on the 63 Li I've been doing & it worked really well.
by sparklymarkly
Sat Apr 22, 2017 11:22 am
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: classic lambretta shop
Replies: 9
Views: 5273

Re: classic lambretta shop

gaz_powell wrote:I stand corrected......said the man in the orthopaedic shoe.....
:D :lol: :D :lol:
by sparklymarkly
Wed Apr 19, 2017 1:24 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: classic lambretta shop
Replies: 9
Views: 5273

Re: classic lambretta shop

is the shop still running?is the cobra venom and king cobra still being made,or who done the spray jobs,and which was the better out the 2,any contacts or address Paintwork was done by Racepaint UK in Nottingham. KAS Racepaint in Kettering Used to be but one of the guys from KAS left & set up h...
by sparklymarkly
Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:48 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: classic lambretta shop
Replies: 9
Views: 5273

Re: classic lambretta shop

mickjr wrote:is the shop still running?is the cobra venom and king cobra still being made,or who done the spray jobs,and which was the better out the 2,any contacts or address
Paintwork was done by Racepaint UK in Nottingham.
by sparklymarkly
Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:41 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Registration
Replies: 5
Views: 2522

Re: Registration

It seems like a it of a lottery with DVLA when it comes to registrations. I sent mine off in early November with everything necessary including the NOVA cert. They returned it 10 days later saying it wasn't on the NOVA system. I called HMRC who confirmed that not only was my scoot on the system but...
by sparklymarkly
Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:04 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: Registration
Replies: 5
Views: 2522

Re: Registration

It seems like a it of a lottery with DVLA when it comes to registrations. I sent mine off in early November with everything necessary including the NOVA cert. They returned it 10 days later saying it wasn't on the NOVA system. I called HMRC who confirmed that not only was my scoot on the system but ...
by sparklymarkly
Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: General Scooter Chat
Topic: indicator flasher unit
Replies: 3
Views: 2110

Re: indicator flasher unit

No!
One flasher unit for the whole system. (unless you wire it in an odd way as two different circuits)